In the late evening of Friday November 13 in Paris, a series of terrorist attacks, which killed at least 140 people. Came under attack crowded places: suicide bombers have produced explosions near the Olympic Stadium, Stade de France, where at this time there was a match between France and Germany, from assault rifles were fired at a popular cafe in the eastern part of central Paris, there was captured live Bataklav hall where a rock concert came to a thousand people. Total French law enforcers say eight coordinated attacks.
Black Friday
The first attack took place at about 21:30 Paris time (23.30 Moscow): from automatic weapons were shot Visitors restaurants Le Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon. Both places are in the eleventh district of Paris and were popular with the locals. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers were few, perhaps wielded individual terrorists, but as said one of the survivors, “the shooting lasted for about half an hour.” According to the newspaper Le Monde, the victims of the attacks have 12 to 14 people, a few dozen visitors were injured.
Almost at the same time in another part of Greater Paris – in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis – far away from the Stade de France, there were three explosions. The stadium at the time of the attack were present, including the President of France Francois Hollande, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Shtaynmaeyr. One of the explosions was so powerful that it was heard at the stadium – this is the moment captured on television broadcasts. Heads of State and high-ranking officials immediately taken to a safe place as soon as the evacuation of spectators. As a result of these explosions beyond the three suicide bombers killed two and injured nine other people.
After about half an hour attacks continued in the 11th district of Paris: individual terrorists opened fire on the streets Sharon. He was aiming for the visitors cafe La Belle Equipe. As a result, killing at least 18 people. Witnesses told Le Monde, that the shooter got out of the car, went to the terrace of the restaurant and fired several bursts. Then he got into his car and drove away.
Less than an hour after the first attacks, 22.22 Paris time (00.22 in Moscow) Police first reported shooting near the cultural center Bataklan. The scale of attacks has become clear to the authorities – to the concert hall has been sent riot police in full gear. At the site, it became clear that the terrorists took hostage of those who came to the concert of the American rock band The Eagles of the Death Metal. Is located in the hall reporter radio Europe 1 spoke about two or three attackers: they broke into the room without masks, armed with “Kalashnikovs” and opened fire on the crowd, started to panic, people rushed to the scene, fire on him did not stop for about an hour .
One of the survivors told Le Figaro: «We tried to crawl onto the stage, which was in the vicinity of the emergency exit. All solved instincts. ” He and a few others managed to escape – waiting for a pause in the shooting (obviously, criminals had to reload, eyewitness) – they were able to reach the exit. According to eyewitnesses, the terrorists during the attack shouting that avenge France for its action in Syria. Shortly after the first reports of the attack on Bataklan media reported that the audience taken hostage. Messages were confirmed: from 1.5 thousand. People who were in the evening at the concert hall, more than 100 people at the time of arrival of the police were in the room.
rescue operations began at 00.25 Paris time (02.25 in Moscow). One witness told France Info, the terrorists during the assault shouted “Allahu akbar!”. Police and the remaining hostages they tried to throw hand grenades. The operation ended thirty minutes later – in 0100 in Paris (03.00 Moscow time). The invaders were killed. Journalists and witnesses reported numerous victims.
By 08.00 Moscow time the total number of victims, according to Reuters, at least 120 people. At least 87 people were shot dead in a concert hall, about 40 people – were killed in different parts of Paris, according to the authorities.
White Plan
By 22:00 Paris time (midnight in Moscow) authorities realized that they were dealing with a large-scale terrorist attack. At 23.00 in the building of the French Interior Ministry began an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. The first steps of the authorities was a cordon of 10 and 11 quarters of Paris, the police ordered all citizens to leave the crowded places, Paris City Hall called on all citizens not to leave the house. The movement of the five lines of the Paris Metro, passing through the cordon the area was suspended. At 23.55 (01.55 GMT) with an extra address to the nation made by President Hollande. He announced that in the very moment that he was speaking on the radio, the capital is exposed to a terrorist attack. Hollande announced the introduction of a state of emergency and the closure of borders. In Paris, came into force “White Plan”, a set of measures in the event of the highest level of terrorist threat: all the emergency services of the capital had been transferred to full readiness in the capital was pulled troops – by morning the number of military police gain reached 1.5 thousand. Soldiers.
Hollande reappeared in public after two hours, 2.01 (04.01 Moscow time) – with waltzes and Interior Minister Bernard Kaznevym he arrived to the newly liberated from terrorists Bataklanu. Hollande has promised to continue the fight against terrorists. “We will fight. Our struggle will be relentless, “- he said.
By the early morning police reported a response. According to the police prefect Michel Kado, very likely all the terrorists are dead. In particular, grab the Bataklan in motion shahid belts. Organizers of explosions nearby Stade de France and blew themselves up. According to current information, a total of eight killed seven militants blew up himself, one was shot and killed by police. Previously, Fox News reported that the police managed to capture one of the terrorists alive. He stated that belongs to the followers of the banned Russian organization “Islamic State”. Responsibility for the attack is officially neither a terrorist group is itself not taken.
Help the world
The scale of the terrorist attacks in Paris – they They became the bloodiest in Europe since the subway bombings in Madrid in 2004 – stunned the world community. With sympathy and offers of help, among others, made by British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama. Last he spoke to reporters, calling the attacks “an attack on the whole of humanity, a threat to universal values.” Obama, like President Xi Jinping, spoke with Hollande by telephone, offered to help.
As the attack on the editor of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January this year, the solidarity showed the online community, social media sold tag #PrayForParis (pray for Paris) and mourning image: Eiffel Tower, stylized Pacifik and symbol of France – Marianne with a tear on her cheek. The lights on the Eiffel Tower were switched off in memory of the victims. Illumination of New York Freedom Tower skyscraper erected on the site of Vsemonogo shopping center, was changed to the colors of the French flag. The embassy in France around the world are the flowers – the first flowers and candles in front of the French embassy in Moscow, there were already four o’clock in the morning.
Together with the gestures of sympathy and solidarity in social networks began to appear, which expressed support for the attackers . It comes from supporters of the banned in Russia “Islamic state.” They spread in the tweet with the tag in the Arabic language, which is translated “Gori, Paris».
The unknown evil
Contrary first reports and statements IG supporters in social networks involved in the attack, the organization has not yet confirmed. In January this year the attack on Charlie Hebdo organized Islamists, but they do not call themselves followers of the IG, and one of the cells “of al-Qaeda.” The murder of two French journalists, experts say, was to regain the attention of the media to the jihadist organization that competes with the IG for leadership among Islamic radicals.
It is known that the invaders Bataklana talked about Syria. France is an active participant in the action against the IG in Syria, helping antiasadovskoy opposition, but it began air strikes on Islamist applied only at the end of September – a few days before the intervention in the Syrian conflict and Russia. On Friday, the United States said he was confident in the destruction of the Syrian city of Raqqa “jihadists John” – one of the leaders of the IG which became known for the fact that he played the role of the executioner during public executions.
Director of the Project for the Study of the interstate threats Thomas Sanderson told Bloomberg, that France is the most obvious and accessible target for terrorists. Most likely the organizers and perpetrators of terrorist acts he called IG or “al-Qaeda”. “Today’s actions in France in Syria and its past policies make it an obvious target,” – said the expert.
The French media have so far refrained from estimates the effectiveness of the intelligence agencies. Analyzing the opportunity to confront large-scale terrorist attacks, the French publication Le Point reminded that the police and security forces were preparing for this kind of attacks since 2009. Law enforcement agencies have strengthened anti-terrorist training after an attack on a hotel in Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people. After the exercises in 2009, Le Figaro concludes that “there is no unity, no coherence can not guarantee security.” The increased level of terrorist threat remained in France since the January attack on the editor Charlie Hebdo.
Speaking of the operation to free the hostages, Le Point also reminded readers of the two failed, in its view, similar cases. We are talking about Russia: the terrorist attack of 2002 in the theater on Dubrovka – then killed 129 hostages, and the attack on Beslan, during which killed 350 people, of whom 190 were children.
Even before the completion of the storm Bataklana American television channel CNBC, citing sources in the US intelligence community said that the terrorist attacks in Paris, “is likely to have been co-ordinated.” In Washington, however, did not take the attacks as a pretext for strengthening security measures: the employees of the Ministry of Homeland Security, the TV channel interviewed, said that for the United States there is no threat. However, as reported by Reuters, on New York City security measures have been strengthened. Later, American Airlines American Airlines warned of delays of its flights to Paris because of the terrorist attacks, but soon confirmed that they will be executed.
In France retained the state of emergency, which means that the country or part of its territory may be under curfew, the authorities are entitled to unlimited access to the premises day and night, any mass actions are prohibited. Combating these security measures can be detained for up to two months or sentenced to a fine up to 3,750 euros. All schools, high schools, universities will cease to work on Saturday, all school trips canceled.
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